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Tile Setter prevailing wage in Decatur County, Indiana

Which kind of construction is the job?

The kind of construction decides the rate: each wage determination covers one. Residential covers homes and apartments up to four stories.

$52.86an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum) · TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER

$35.63 base wage + $17.23 fringe benefits

TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES) · BRIN0004-022

$55.27an hour, base wage + fringe benefits (our sum)

$37.22 base wage + $18.05 fringe benefits

TILE, MARBLE SETTER (BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS, MONROE, OHIO, OWENS, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES) · BRIN0004-009

Decatur County uses the same tile setter rates as 6 other counties. See all of them on one page.

On federally funded or assisted building construction in Decatur County, a tile setter working as tile & marble setter; mosaic worker must be paid at least $52.86 an hour: a $35.63 base wage plus $17.23 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260004 (modification 2). DOL prints no total, so $52.86 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260004, modification 2, published May 18, 2026, for building construction; rate identifier BRIN0004-022 (June 1, 2023). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

On federally funded or assisted highway and heavy construction in Decatur County, a tile setter must be paid at least $55.27 an hour: a $37.22 base wage plus $18.05 in fringe benefits, under wage determination IN20260006 (modification 3). DOL prints no total, so $55.27 is our sum of the two.

Wage determination IN20260006, modification 3, published July 30, 2026, for highway and heavy construction; rate identifier BRIN0004-009 (June 1, 2024). Checked against sam.gov on October 25, 2026.

Davis-Bacon is the only prevailing wage here (federally funded or assisted work). Indiana repealed its Common Construction Wage Act effective July 1, 2015, and IC 5-16-7.2-5 bars public agencies from setting wage scales (Indiana DOL).

DOL lists 3 tile setter rates for Decatur County, from $52.86 to $55.27 an hour. See all of them.

Base wage and fringe benefits: $35.63 + $17.23

The base wage is the taxable hourly wage. DOL prints the fringe benefits as one hourly figure, not itemized; it can go to health, pension, vacation and training plans, or be paid as cash where the state allows.

Base wage (taxable)	$35.63
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$17.23
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$52.86

Base wage and fringe benefits: $37.22 + $18.05

Base wage (taxable)	$37.22
Fringe benefits (one figure, not itemized)	$18.05
Base + fringe benefits (our sum; DOL prints no total)	$55.27

When does this rate change?

A contract keeps the wage determination in its bid documents. Modifications published before bid opening apply to it, though one published less than 10 days before can be left out if the agency finds there isn't time to tell bidders (29 CFR 1.6(c)).
DOL changes a WD by publishing a numbered modification on SAM.gov. This page reads the modification named in the Source line; the Indiana change log lists what each one changed.

Every tile setter rate in Decatur County

As DOL lists them. The highlighted row is the one this page leads with.

TILE, MARBLE SETTER (BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS, MONROE, OHIO, OWENS, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)Highway, Heavy · BRIN0004-009$55.27
TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)Building · BRIN0004-022$52.86
TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)Building · BRIN0004-022$52.86

Hourly rate of each tile setter classification in Decatur County, highest first, split into wage and fringe benefits.

Classification	Base wage	Fringe benefits	Total rate	WD
TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)BuildingBRIN0004-022	$35.63	$17.23	$52.86	IN20260004 Mod 2
TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)BuildingBRIN0004-022	$35.63	$17.23	$52.86	IN20260004 Mod 2
TILE, MARBLE SETTER (BARTHOLOMEW, BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS, MONROE, OHIO, OWENS, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)Highway, HeavyBRIN0004-009	$37.22	$18.05	$55.27	IN20260006 Mod 3

How Decatur County compares

The main tile setter rate in every county that has one, and how the pay splits here and nearby. All bars use the same scale.

Every county in Indiana

Decatur $52.86783128

$46.40Crawford$58.12Cass

DecaturNearby: Ripley $52.86, Rush $52.86, Bartholomew $55.27Each column is a group of counties with about the same main rate; its height is how many. 23 counties pay more than Decatur, 34 the same, 15 less.

Wage and fringe benefits, nearby

Decatur Countybase $35.63$52.86
Ripley Countybase $35.63$52.86
Rush Countybase $35.63$52.86
Bartholomew Countybase $37.22$55.27

Tile Setter rates in nearby counties

Current DOL rates. Davis-Bacon rates are set for groups of counties, so neighbours often share them; the county where the work is done decides.

DOL's tile setter rates for Decatur County are the same as in 6 other counties: Brown, Dearborn, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland.

County	Classification	Base wage	Total rate	vs Decatur County
Bartholomew County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BARTHOLOMEW AND MONROE COUNTIES)	$37.22	$55.27	+$2.41
Decatur County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86
Ripley County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86	same
Rush County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (MUNCIE FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86	same
Shelby County	TILE, MARBLE SETTER (INDIANAPOLIS BOONE, HANCOCK, HENDRICKS, JOHNSON, MARION, MONTGOMERY, MORGAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86	same
Jennings County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (BROWN, DEARBORN, DECATUR, JENNINGS,OHIO, RIPLEY AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86	same
Franklin County	TILE & MARBLE SETTER; MOSAIC WORKER (MUNCIE FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, HENRY, RANDOLPH, RUSH, UNION AND WAYNE COUNTIES)	$35.63	$52.86	same

Indiana tile setter prevailing wage by county, with a map

Are you being paid this rate?

Add your base pay to the fringe your employer pays for you, in cash or into plans, and compare the sum with the total. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes complaints: 1-866-487-9243, or dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.

Source

U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division (DOL), wage determination IN20260004 Mod 2, published May 18, 2026: sam.gov/wage-determination/IN20260004/2

We read every active Indiana Davis-Bacon wage determination from SAM.gov's own data and check every number with a second, independent read of the same file. DOL prints no total; ours is base plus fringe. How we check · Download Decatur County as CSV · Report an error